Blog Title: Daily Diversions

Going Friends-only

Well, this will be my last personal public post on this journal. I will be making this journal friends only from now on, and hiding all previous personal entries.

If you wish to continue to read my entries, and are not on LiveJournal, please do send me a message from your LiveJournal account. Note I will not answer anonymous comments to this entry.

My apologies to anyone from Facebook who was reading my journal, this change in security, due to a recent event, is regrettably unavoidable.

Thank you, and God bless.

The End of an Era

*sniff* Oh boy... Tomorrow's colour funnies will likely be a tear-jerker. Go to http://www.fbofw.com/strip_fix for more! It's on my daily visit list, has been for a long time now. Today's strip:



I'm looking forward to re-reading all my favorites Lynn... Thank you for so many wonderful years, and characters that became as much a part of our lives as our own families.

Random News Silliness

Ok, so its a slow news day today, but a few headlines caught my eye whilst perusing the CBC pages. Thought I would share as I take a break off my feet, from the kitchen.

Strawberry Picking Row Rage

Putting a life on eBay

Manhole Cover Thief Found

Like Father, Like Son when it comes to Cherry pit spitting

Daily Writing Tip from AD 2007

The following is a very interesting Daily Writing Tip I thought I would pass along.

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/writing-about-history/

Enjoy!

Daily Writing Tip Plug

I really like this site and visit it often. One of today's tips I read is very good.

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/multiple-plurals-multiple-meanings/

I found it most entertaining!

Klingon Technical Writers

I offer you the following very funny Technical Writer humour, which always adorns my cubicle, wherever I go.

Note: You must read this doing your best impersonation of Worf (which, oddly enough, sounds like a bad Cookie Monster impersonation when you listen to yourself, at least mine is....)

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The top 16 things likely to be overheard if you had Klingon technical writers working on your documentation team:

1. Klingons do not sit in meetings, we take what we want and kill anyone who opposes us!
2. Certification?! Taking your head and putting it on a pike in my office is all the certification I need!
3. I will return to the homeworld and my documentation will arise triumphant in the STC Documentation Gauntlet, leaving all others drowning in their own dangling modifiers. It will be glorious!!
4. Not returning my review copies by the agreed deadline is a declaration of war. Indeed, it is a good day to die.
5. These software specifications are for the weak and timid!!
6. This version of Word is a piece of GAGH! I need the latest version of Framemaker if I am to do battle with this manual.
7. You cannot really appreciate Dilbert unless you've read it in the original Klingon.
8. Indentation?! I will show you how to indent when I indent your skull!
9. What is this talk of "drafts"? Klingons do not make document "drafts". Our documents escape, leaving a bloody trail of SMEs in its wake!
10. Passive voice is a sign of weakness. Its elimination will be quick.
11. Proofreading? Klingons do not proofread. Our documents are purified with pain-sticks which cleanses the documents of impurities.
12. I have challenged the entire Marketing and R&D team to a Bat-Leh contest! They will not concern us again.
13. A TRUE Klingon warrior riddles his document with bullets, leaving it to beg for mercy.
14. By changing the layout of my manual, you have challenged the honor of my family. Prepare to die!
15. You question the worthiness of my grammar? I should kill you where you stand!
16. Our users will know fear and cower before our suite of manuals and online help! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!

Hilarious Squirrel Obstacle Course

I grabbed this link from Debbie Ohi's Blatherings http://www.electricpenguin.com/blatherings/ and just about sprayed coffee on the screen.

Very, very funny.

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/65509/detail/

There once was a girl named Lenore...

I am almost peeing my pants laughing right now...

Famous Poems As Limericks

I love it, I love it!!! *thud*

Simpsons in Soap Stone

Oh my word...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6917140.stm

A Different Kind of Canoe Portage

http://www.geocities.com/rcgilmore3/CanoeTrike.jpg



Wow.

Geek Toys!

I must have these...

http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/rc/922a/?cpg=55H

To Be 6 Again... A giggle with "Aww" Factor

A man was sitting on the edge of the bed, observing his wife, looking at herself in the mirror. Since her birthday was not far off he asked what she'd like to have for her Birthday.

"I'd like to be six again", she replied, still looking in the mirror.

On the morning of her Birthday, he arose early, made her a nice big bowl of Lucky Charms, and then took her to Six Flags theme park. What a day! He put her on every ride in the park; the Death Slide, the Wall of Fear, the Screaming Monster Roller Coaster, everything there was.

Five hours later they staggered out of the theme park. Her head was reeling and her stomach felt upside down. He then took her to a McDonald's where he ordered her a Happy Meal with extra fries and a chocolate shake.

Then it was off to a movie, popcorn, a soda pop, and her favorite candy, M&M's. What a fabulous adventure! Finally she wobbled home with her husband, and collapsed into bed exhausted. He leaned over his wife with a big smile and lovingly asked, "Well Dear, what was it like being six again?"

Her eyes slowly opened and her expression suddenly changed. "I meant my dress size, you dumbass!"

The moral of the story: Even when a man is listening, he is gonna get it wrong.

Personally, if this was my birthday present, I would be so happy! He may have gotten it wrong, but he sure put a lot of effort into it, eh?

Female Jockey Wins Queen's Plate!

I am so excited!

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2007/06/24/queens-plate.html

And just a little twinge of nostalgic envy too. That was once my dream, but alas, my knees had other plans, and I changed my dream, as we all do, in some form or another. I have no regrets, even if I miss it like crazy now and again.

And I can just imagine how good Emma Jayne feels.



Congratulations girl! You deserve it!

Chick Lit meets Flash Game

Oh my word... I am in love with this.... Ladies (and men too of course), you must, and I say MUST try this.

http://www.usanetwork.com/series/starterwife/games/whackanex/

*giggle*

Gorgeous Pics

Found this website via http://www.boingboing.net

http://www.pbase.com/daria90

Gorgeous pictures, interesting and very original.

Ahhh foreshadowing...

All links from http://www.fbofw.com... but I had to share. I have followed this strip for so many years I have lost count now... I am sad its coming to an end soon, but Lynn Johnston deserves her retirement! I just hope Liz and Anthony end up together, I am really rooting for that.

Interestingly enough, I thought about this today and thought I would share....

Strip from Saturday, May 7th, 2005


and....

Strip from August 8th, 2006


and then...

Strip from Wednesday May 30th, 2007


AHA! *grin*

Thanks Lynn.

Dopie Shoes for Summer '07

No, I did not spell Dopey wrong.

I found the following shoes via http://www.notcot.org/, one of my favorite design sites.

http://www.dopiewear.com/ are shoes that make Crocs look ollllllllld and frumpy.

For the record, I love my Crocs, they keep my knees from buckling by the end of a day on my feet. Cushiony ortho-goodness, thy name is Crocs. *grin*

Personally, I like the pink ones....

A Passing Noticeable

Two people on my friend's List have used the phrase "Boy Howdy" today.

I've never heard that phrase before today, and now, two (seemingly) unrelated people use it at the same time.

Strange....

Chocolate Quote

Ok, I thought this one was perfect. Looking for chocolate-related things today... j_v_lynch brought to my attention that the FDA is thinking of changing the definition of chocolate. Link: http://dontmesswithourchocolate.guittard.com/whatsthisabout.asp

I give you this quote I found on Chocolate USA:

Revenge is Sweet?

Ok, if I was a mean person, I would find this really useful.

But I'm not, so I find this extremely funny. I stumbled on this wee giggler of a gag product through http://www.techiediva.com/, which linked me over to the crazy cats at http://www.perpetualkid.com/ (I love you guys! Wish it weren't so durned 'spensive to order from ya...edit: errr... never mind, you don't ship to Canada anymore....)



Hee, needed a giggler this morning.

Interesting Quote

I have a Google widget that gives me three quotes every day on my Google Home Page. Sometimes they are rather silly, but this one caught my eye:

Things Computers Can Only Do In Movies

Found this via http://www.boingboing.net:

http://theprogrammingblog.com/jokes/things-computers-can-do-in-movies/ -- I would re-post here, but, that wouldn't be nice now... so go click for the whole joke.

My favorite part:

"23. Note: You must be highly trained to operate high-tech computers because the buttons have no labels except for the “SELF-DESTRUCT” button."

Singing in my cubicle

I was singing under my breath this morning, readung my email. In an email from a friend, was posed this question:

LEGO-Master

Ok, so I am a huge geek... HUGE. I have found teh LEGO master, and I respectfully genuflect in front of his big white plastic pail of extra two-piecers.

http://www.brickartist.com/

Amazing. A lifesized Han Solo in the deep-Freeze! The essential LBD! Wow... You have to go clicky and see for yourself!

Pedal-Powered Rollercoaster!

Wow...

This is really cool!



I wonder if there is one in North America